Denver is 9 months. He has started pitching a fit when I leave. If he's in his jumper and the second I hit the door frame to the room he wails and sobs until I come back. This happens multiple times a day. A few weeks ago I dropped him off at my oldest sisters house and when I turned to leave he broke down into hysterics, to the point where she walked outside with me and I could hear him crying from her back yard and I was in the front yard. Last night I went and visited my (middle) sister, I let her husband hold him for a minute and I didn't even go 2 feet away and he wailed and sobbed until I got him back. I HATE CIO but I need to break his anxiety. I neee help, I work- he has NO problem when I leave him with my mom daily to work- he's gotten to where he knows when I'm getting ready to leave and he will crawl and cling to me but no crying. I don't know how to break him from this, we co-sleep and I even broke down his crib 2-3 weeks ago since we don't use it (and he fell out of it, but that's in another thread) -Advice is greatly appreciated
No advice-my LO does the same thing. He doesn't cry when I drop him off at daycare but if we are at the house and I even turn my back to walk away for a second he cries. It's not fun since I can't even go pee or get something from the kitchen (where he can still see me) without him crying but from what I've been told it's normal and may continue for a while so I guess I just have to deal with it.
My LO turned 9 months on the 16th and his separation anxiety has been really bad the past few days - screaming when I walk away, whining when I'm not holding him, and not wanting other people to hold him. It's pitiful!
LO is nearing 10 months ( few days away) I basically decided to not fight it. I talked to other moms who had same parenting styles as mine ( not fans of CIO and co-sleep etc ) and they told me to distract him when I leave and so far it's helped. He doesn't cry as much when I leave and I'm feeling a little better about the situation now.
We're dealing with this, too. Daycare is not usually an issue, or she'll give one wail, and that's it. If she's at home, and feeling clingy, I will just wear her. I don't like to wear her when I'm cooking, so she'll hang out in her high chair in the kitchen with me. If I have to leave her with someone else (or the church nursery on Sundays,) I make sure she is really distracted and then I sneak out. If she doesn't see me leave, it's like she forgets that she's "supposed" to cry.
Re: Separation anxiety.
I talked to other moms who had same parenting styles as mine ( not fans of CIO and co-sleep etc ) and they told me to distract him when I leave and so far it's helped.
He doesn't cry as much when I leave and I'm feeling a little better about the situation now.
If she's at home, and feeling clingy, I will just wear her. I don't like to wear her when I'm cooking, so she'll hang out in her high chair in the kitchen with me.
If I have to leave her with someone else (or the church nursery on Sundays,) I make sure she is really distracted and then I sneak out. If she doesn't see me leave, it's like she forgets that she's "supposed" to cry.